Upgrading 7.2 to 8.0 is not really a recommended exercise, despite it
being an installation option. This is because there have been many
changes made between 7.2 and 8.0, so an upgrade is quite likely to
break something. Upgrading also takes far longer, since your system
must be analysed to see *how* it can be upgraded -- something that
doesn't need to be done with a clean installation.
If everything appears fine afterwards, then you should have nothing to
worry about. If you go to a console screen (press ctrl+alt+F1), you
should see the version number of your Mandrake displayed on the screen.
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 20:11, Gunner Carstens wrote:
> I have tried to do some mandrake update for the first time and have
> experienced this (upgrading MR7.2):
> 1)getting ftp servers goes fine
> 2)getting list of updates goes fine
> 3) downloading files goes fine
> 3) preparing for install goes vvery slow
> 4) installing freeses everything, takes very long time (6 hrs for 10
> update items - 15 MB of downloaddata) monitor goes completely black,
> at the end.
>
> 5) After reboot everything seems fine and (pehaps) I have been
> successfully updated !?
>
> I would just ask if this is normal procedure for mandrake update
> service to go like this, or I have to do it otherwise (I do it like
> the tutorial on the mandrake.com site.
> thanks gunner
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